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Houston Largest Seaport
( Continued from Page 1.)
of which 15 are public wharves with
lengths alongside of from 460 to 800
feet. Ship terminals and industrial
plants are located all along the chan­nel.
Only four and a half miles from
the city hall are the Turning Basin
and most of the municipal berths,
which are within the city limits. Via
the Intracoastal Canal, Houston's
warehouses are connected with com­mercial
sources of the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers and even with those of
the Great Lakes. A ..! shaILow- dTaft
barge channel leads from the Turning
Basin to the heart of the city's bus­iness
district.
Named for General Sam Hous­ton,
commander of Texas forces in
the struggle for her independence and
first president of the Republic, the
city was founded in 1836. Houston
was one of the Republic's first capi­tals,
and there the first permanent
capitol building was constructed. On
a spot near the city, which is now in­cluded
in a state park, was fought the
battle of San Jacinto, on April the
21st, 1836, a battle which has been
called the sixteenth decisive battle in
world history. Besides serving as an
early capital, Houston also boasted
the first railway in Texas and the first
newspaper.
That first railroad must have
destined Houston to become the great
rail and transportation center that
she is today. The city may well be
proud of the large number of rail­roads,
fine highways, and commercial
airlines which radiate from it. Hous­ton
has even greater reason to be
proud of her Museum of Fine Arts,
of her Symphony Society, almost
countless churches, and an extensive
system of public and private schools
and universities.
With a few of these facts in
mind, a visitor may want to see many
of the interesting places in and near
th~ city. At the San Jacinto Battle­grounds,
a Memorial which is the
tallest monument in the world com­memorates
the winning of Texas in­dependence.
General Sam Houston's
home still stands in Huntsville, and at
Old Washington- on- the- Brazos is the
first capital of Texas. The Museum of
Fine Arts may attract some visits by
strangers, or the Hermann Park Zoo
THE BLUE BONNET
and a variety of others; though prob­ably
more frequented by visitors are
the Sylvan Beach resort or any of
the city's eight golf courses.
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Houston and Fleet Finals
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of dissension. Tough luck Harry, we
are proud of you, in our eyes you are
the champ.
Chick, our twice successive all
Navy Champ, proved that he deserves
the proud name he bears by defeating
Brown of the Dobbin in slightly less
than two minutes. Chick was the
aggressor throughout the whole bout,
never letting up for a single instant.
It was just a matter of time until
our champ could get a deciding hold.
Our little wrestler proved to everyone
that he is the real champion by win­ning
all his bouts this year by falls
except one which was won in two
overtime periods.
A great deal of credit is due to
Welborne, Buttler and the wrestling
officers, Lt. ( jg) E. A. McDonald, En­sign
J. C. Jonson and to Lt. Comdr.
W. E. Tarbutton, the Athletic Officer
for their cooperation during the year.
The crew and Officers are very proud
of all of you men. We pay you the
highest compliment the Navy can;
" Well Done". .......
Why Worry?
Either you are successful, or you
are not successful.
If you are successful there is no­thing
to worry about.
If you are not successful, there are
only two things to worry about.
Your health is either good or you
are sick.
If your health is good, there is no­thing
to worry about.
If your health is not good, there
is nothing to worry about.
You are going to get well or you
are going to die.
If you are going to die, there are
only two things to worry about.
You are either going to Heaven, or
you are not.
If you are going to Heaven, there is
nothing to worry about.
If you are going to the other place,
you will be so busy shaking hands
with old friends you won't have time
to worry.
So why worry?
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Entertainment Planned
By City of Houston
This year the Houston will be
the first of two naval vessels to visit
the city of Houston. The Witchita will
follow us arriving about the 28th
of April whereas we will arrive on
the seventh and stay until the seven­teenth.
Next Saturday night is to be
a gay and festive one with a buffet
supper at the Houston Club for the
ship's officers and a dance at the City
Auditorium for the enlisted men. Mrs.
J. E. Jackson, head of the Navy Moth­ers,
is sponsoring the dance at the
City Auditorium.
On Friday, April 14th the Grand
Prize Brewery has had Mr. Holly M.
Brook, president of the Junior Cham­ber
of Commerce, make arrangements
for a stag buffet supper for the en­listed
men. On Easter Sunday Mr.
Wilson, head of a special committee,
will have transportation available for
officers and men to go to the churches
of their demoninations.
Lieut. E. E. Keel', U. S. N. R., in
charge of the theater committee, has
made arrangements for enlisted men
to be given free admission to all the
theaters in the city. Again the City
of Houston is going to be too kind
to the ship which bears its name when
Mrs. Elizabeth Holcombe Crosswell
sponsor of the ship will present a gift:
The Houston has had many gifts from
the city in the past:- a piano the
Xmas of 1936 for the crew, a ward­room
piano presented by Mr. Morris
in honor of his Mother, the silver
service, and a full length oil portrait
of General Sam Houston were among
the most prominent. .
According to the latest informa­tion
there are still more plans to
make our stay as fine as any yet. Hav­ing
heard nothing but of the good
times had on previous visits, the
Houston officers and men are look­ing
forward to the stay.
.11 ..
A Frenchman was relating his ex­perience
of studying the Englsh lan­guage.
He said:
" When I first discovered that if I
was quick, I was fast, that if I was
tied, I was fast, if I spent too freely,
I was fast and that not to eat was
to fast, I was discouraged. But when
I came across the sentence, ' The
first one won one one dollar prize', I
gave up trying to learn English."